My first assigned Census area was on the airport itself where there is a small trailer park. After completing that assignment, my next area was just to the north of the airport. This area had a number of homes to be canvassed. If no one is home, I’m to come back on different days at different times during the day. If I still can’t find anyone, then I need to talk to a neighbor to determine if the house is occupied or if the resident(s) are away on vacation, snowbirding, or similar.

I had this area complete for a couple of days, except for one house. I had just stopped by there to find no one home and pulled off to the side of the road to update my records when I saw a light plane on final approach to the airport. The wind was blowing VERY hard and the airplane was flying almost straight into the wind. The result was that the airplane’s speed across the ground was probably only about 30 mph! That had to be a very bumpy approach, but it looked like he put the airplane on the ground in good enough shape to use it again on another day.